Mae Dr Pimiento yn ymchwilydd ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe ac yn ymchwilio i ecoleg ac esblygiad megaffawna morol hynafol gan ddefnyddio’r cofnodion ffosiliau. Mae ganddi ddiddordeb arbennig yn nynameg amrywiaeth hirdymor siarcod, difodiant a chadwraeth. Mae gan Catalina Gymrodoriaeth PRIMA o’r Swiss National Science Foundation ac mae’n treulio rhan o’i hamser yn y Paleontology Institute and Museum ym Mhrifysgol Zurich.
Mae Catalina wedi hyfforddi mewn Addysg Gwyddoniaeth, y Cwricwlwm a Chyfarwyddyd ac mae wedi cyhoeddi papurau ar ddylunio a gweithredu adnoddau dysgu blaengar. Mae ganddi deimladau cryf ynghylch darparu profiadau addysgu trawsnewidiol a dilys ac ynghylch denu menywod i fyd gwyddoniaeth.
Mae gwaith ymchwil Catalina yn cymhwyso gwahanol ddulliau (metaddadansoddiadau yn bennaf gan ddefnyddio casgliadau Bayesaidd; ac astudiaethau’n seiliedig ar y maes ac ar gasgliadau gan gymhwyso modelu esblygol, ffenoteipaidd ac arbenigol) i rywogaethau ffosil a modern. Ei phrif amcan o ran ymchwil yw cysylltu’r hyn a wyddom am ddifodiant y gorffennol a chadwraeth rhywogaethau modern.
• Cymrodoriaeth PRIMA o’r Swiss National Science Foundation.
• MSCA COFUND (H2020) o Swyddfa Cyllid Ewropeaidd Cymru (WEFO) dan Gronfa Datblygu Rhanbarthol Ewrop (ERDF).
• Cymrodoriaeth Annibynnol Marie Curie (MSCA-IF-EF-ST) o Raglen Fframwaith Marie Sklodowska-Curie Horizon 2020).
• Cymrodoriaeth Ymchwil Humboldt ar gyfer Ymchwilwyr Ôl-ddoethurol o’r Humboldt Foundation yn yr Almaen.
• Cymrodoriaeth Ôl-ddoethurol Forschungskredit o Brifysgol Zurich.
• Athro Michael Benton, Athro Palaeontoleg Anifeiliaid Asgwrn-cefn, Prifysgol Bryste.
• Athro Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
• Athro Alexandre Antonelli, Cyfarwyddwr Gwyddoniaeth, Kew Gardens.
• Dr John Griffin, Athro Cyswllt, Prifysgol Abertawe
• Dr Daniele Silvestro, Ymchwilydd, Prifysgol Gothenburg.
This module follows on from the introduction to vertebrates in the Level 4 Animal Diversity and Behaviour module, providing detail on form and function in vertebrates that spend all or part of their life cycle on land. Aspects of tetrapod behaviour, morphology and physiology will be considered in terms of adaptation and evolutionary constraint. Practicals will provide an introduction to the anatomy of birds and mammals by means of dissection, inference of the phylogenetic relationships between avian species, and an exploration of how beak morphology affects ecological niche in birds. Overall, students will gain an appreciation of the diversity of tetrapod types and an insight into the fundamental importance of metabolic rate in animals.
This intensive lecture and practical based module covers science skills for students wishing to pursue postgraduate studies, including MSc, MRes, MPhil and PhD degrees. It will teach students how to make good use of library and internet resources (including Web of Science, Canvas and Dryad), to design and analyse their experiments, and to make presentations of their data during conferences and symposia. It will provide PG students in the Department of Biosciences (and other Departments in the Faculty of Science and Engineering) with the research and analytical skills necessary to carry out their research projects. It will teach them how to formulate and test scientific hypotheses, and how to generate and analyse scientific results using a variety of research methods. Lecture topics include Reporting and Presentation skills, Numerical skills and Data Analysis and Scientific Writing. The lectures are taught during the first part of the Semester. The module is examined through a combination of Continuous Assessment (90%) and an online examination in the form of a MCQ test (10%). Basic reading: Whitlock, M. and Schluter, D. (2014) The Analysis of Biological Data (Roberts & Co.). Crawley, M.J. (2005) Statistics: An Introduction Using R (Wiley). Original research papers given in reading list and found through self-directed learning.
, with Dr John Griffin, 112,401 GBP
, 1’417.655 CHF
2015 - Presennol
2017 - Presennol
• Pennod mewn Llyfr: Pimiento C. 2017. The giant shark In: Jaramillo, C. y Oviedo, L.H. (Golygyddion). 2018. Hace tiempo (Long ago). Instituto Alexander von Humboldt e Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. t 124
• Blog: Nature (Behind the paper)
• Fideo: Cornwall museum
• Blog: The Guardian (For Ada Lovelace Day)
• Blog: The Guardian
• Neges blog gwadd: Caribbean Paleobiology
• Neges blog gwadd: The contemplative Mammoth
• Fideo: Collaborations in 1-year
• Fideo: All about Megalodon nurseries
• Canllaw Casglwyr: Fossil sharks from the Gatun Formation, Panama
• Gwefan ar gyfer plant: Fossil sharks from Panama.
• Canllaw Amgueddfeydd: ¿Cómo son los dientes de los tiburones?
